@savitale, that is a beautiful coin with a great reverse- Mars with a trophy AND Nike! [IMG] Trajan (98-117 AD). AR Denarius. Rome, 98 AD....
Very nice tetradrachms and article with map, @Pavlos! Here's a bronze of Antiochus VIII with an eagle reverse: [ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom....
Nice coin and write-up, David. Here's a predecessor who was near the end of the line, Antiochus XII. He was killed in his second campaign...
Interesting article about the disastrous event on this day long ago, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix. This sestertius of Nero was struck circa 64 AD....
Nice coin, 7Calbrey! Here are a couple of coins from Herod Antipas that were also struck in Tiberias, the city which he built. Herod Antipas,...
Thanks for posting the information and links, @Bart9349 and @philologus_1! Here's another example of the Year 2 of the Jewish War coin type...
Another example with Orontes: [IMG] Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.10 g, 12h). Antioch mint, Seleucis Pieria, Syria. Dated...
The columns on this coin support temple structures for Nero's deified wife Poppaea Sabina and their daughter Claudia who died in 63 AD at the age...
Nice examples! That very clear trident countermark is interesting, @Clavdivs. Here's another tetradrachm, and a hemiobol. [ATTACH] Ptolemaic...
Here are a couple of examples- one with Vespasian and a mourning Jewish woman, and one with Titus and a captive Jewish man. [ATTACH] Vespasian,...
Nice write-up, scenic photo, and coin, @David Atherton! I have a Titus/Tyche coin from Gadara: [IMG] [IMG] Gadara, Decapolis. Titus as Caesar...
Quite a nice palm grove building in this thread! [ATTACH][ATTACH] Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.10 g, 12h). Antioch mint,...
Nice sestertii! James, I enjoyed reading the information about your sub-collection. @IMP Shogun, I acquired a nearly unrecognizable example of...
Thanks for sharing those varying accounts, @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix. [IMG] Tiberius. AD 14-37. AR Denarius (17 mm, 3.2 g). TI CAESAR DIVI AVG...
There are many choices such as the ones cited above. The book to which @dltsrq posted a link is an excellent reference. Here's a coin of...
I agree that it's nice to have a plate coin and the associated publication, @David Atherton. Great job finding that match to the rubbing! Here's...
Here's an example of a Tyrian shekel: [IMG] Phoenicia, Tyre AR Shekel. Dated CY 113 = 14/13 BC. Laureate head of Melkart right / ΤΥPΟΥ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ...
@Orfew, thank you for the compliments on this coin. Your observation supports its description of being "very rare." I actually acquired it in...
Congratulations on the Titus rarity, @Orfew! What a nice surprise to discover that you actually won a coin that you thought you had lost! Here's...
Coins from the Bar Kokhba Revolt were re-struck. Excerpt from my CoinTalk article, "The Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-136 AD)": "...the rebels began...
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